that will be illegal for sony to do so... it's your hdd no one has a right to see whats on it... nor send a list of files thats on the hdd... so forget it dude... hdd or not you be still playing backups...

so if you have a modchip the hd could suck...i dont have a modchip i use the slide card so i guess im ok then as long as im not stupid and try to go online w/backups right? (you cant play backups online anyway).

so if you have a modchip the hd could suck...i dont have a modchip i use the slide card so i guess im ok then as long as im not stupid and try to go online w/backups right? (you cant play backups online anyway).

I just got my Sony Hard Drive today, and I have a V9 PS2 with a dms3 v9 in it. It has always played my backups perfectly until I put the Sony Hard drive in it. Fast boot works, but it is the only way to play backups. When it reaches the browser running in normal mode (not stealth) it won't read backups or non-backups...

It's a hard drive ok. It isn't a piece of software it is a piece of hardware. Either someone is making this up or Sony has done something with the new DVD or system drivers when installing the HDD. If you are having problems you could check all your drivers and see what has been updated! Since all updates must be stored on the HD or on a memory card you should be able to bypass it by reformatting or removing your memcard when booting a game.

If Sony has flashed the PS2 BIOS when installing the HD then I'm not too sure what to do other than wait for some new Modchip updates or new Modchps all together.

This should not affest Swap users in any way since the PS2 will see that its own true BIOS is fine.

hey im havin the same problem i have been usin swap magic dvd 2.0 for 4 months and i get the hard drive 2 weeks ago and non of my back ups work. Before i installed the hardrive they worked perfectly. now the ps2 doesnt read the game using the magic cds. ive gotten it to work usin ratchet and clank 2 which uses the cd ves 3.0 and a cd loader but other than that i cannot get any other of my games to work anymore can ne1 help. i know 4 a fact its the harddrive. i even took out my harddrive and tried it still now use it wont work,. my cuz has a modchip and his ps2 wasnt reading the backups either and it use to work be4. so i told him to take out his hdd and he did and the game worked perfectly. but doesnt work for swap magic . NEED HELP

I got a HDD just to check if there is any truth in all this and so far I have found it to be false. I used it my magic 3.1, matrix infinity and messiah 2 pro and they all work. Loading time increases though, but they work.

it's not false.. i got magic V in my v9 and the hd prevents the backup games from being loaded... i take out the hdd and the backups load perfect. put it back in they don't load.. .i'm looking for a way aroundthis. i dont' want to have to take out the hdd everytime i want to play a backup...